Safety device for vessels.



1 No. 893,324., 'PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

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1 JAMNITZ-KY. SAFETY DEVICE FOR VBSSBLS,

APPLIO.A TION FILED APR. 2. i908- avwzukcz To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL JAM ITZKY, or GONEMAUGH,PENNSYLVAN1A.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR- VESSELS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application-filed April 2, 1908. Serial No. 424,723.

Be 'itknown that I, PAUL JAMNITZKY, a

subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Conemaugh, in the county ofCambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful1m rovements in Safety Devicesfor Vessels, which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein "Leading from ll to theaccompanyin drawing.

This invention relates to a safety device for vessels, and the primaryobject of my invention is to utilize air as a propelling medium for a.boat. Another object of this invention is to utiliz'e air as a medium toprevent water from entlizring a vessel that is injured or about to sin aA still further object of this invention is the provision of novel meansin connection with a vessel for dispelling a mist or fog that maysurround the same. V

With the above and other objects inview which will readily appear as theinvention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts to he presentlydescribed and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a'large vessel equi')ed with my safety device, Fig. 2 is a plan o the same, Fig. 3 is across sectional view of a .vessel taken on the line .r-'.r of Fig. 1,and Fig. 4 is a si-milarview taken on the line y-y of Fig. 1. Due to thefact that my invention can be used in connection wit-h various kinds ofvessels, l have illustrated the san-ie diagrammatically and reserve theright to construct and arrange the device whereby the 'same can ralityol' compartments 2 and 3 having airs tight partitions 4. In thecompartment-2 is arranged a conventional for-m of engine 5 .eou uuonlyused for driving the propellers of a vessel. Besides driving the.propellers ol" a vessel, I employ the same. to operate air compressors,6, these. compressors communicating bypipes 7 with reservoirs S and t).i eservoirs N and E) into the various compar arts of a vessel are pipes11) having branches ll controlled by valves 12. Should the vesseb'bestruck and one of the compartments pierced, the eomparl meut isimmediately filled with air to prevent water from entering the same, orshould one end of the vessel be injured beyond salvage, the opposite endof the vessel will be filled with air to keep the same afloat, in orderthat lives and propert can be saved.

The bottom 0 the hull is rovided with two longitudinally disposed rames13 extending from one end of said vessel to the other, said frames beinbraced, as at 14. These frames are adapted to support the hull of avessel should the same run aground, as illustrated in Fig. 4 and inorder that the hull can be easily floated, I arrange a hinged member 15at the forward end of the hull, and a hinged member 16 atthe rear endthereof, these members when closed provide a com artment beneath thevessel which can be filed with air for floating said vessel. Upon thevessel running ashore divers can close the members 15 and 16 from theoutside of a vessel or can enter the compartment 17 'ments-17 throughhoods 19 communicating with the reservoirs S and'Q. These hoods areprovided with gates 20 'and 21. The air within the reservoirs 8 and 9can be used for propelling the boat, and when traveling in the directionindicated by the bow in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the gates 21 are closedand the gates 20 opened, allowing the ejected air to force the vesselforward. Should the vessel become fog bound, a supply of air from the.rcservoir 9 is admitted to a frame 22 arranged upon the deck of thevessel, and the.

air ejected from this frame is adapted to disp61 a fog or a heavy mistthat surrounds a vessel, thus permitting a vessel proceeding upon itsjourney. The frames 13 assist in maintaining the equilibrium of a vesseland prevent the same from rocking. The gates 20 and 21 and the,numerousvalves of'my device can be automatically controlled from thebridge or a similar'point upon the vessel. Fresh air is-supp'lied to theinterior of a vessel and the numerous compartments thereof by funnels23. The utilization of compressed:air for the purposes herein s eciliedis adapted to render the vessel salvab '0 when injured or aground.

Having now described n'iy invention \vhat l claim as new, is;---- r 1.The combination of a vessel having compartments formed therein, of aircornpressors, reservoirs for receiving air from said compressors, pipesfor supplying air to the numerous com )artments of said vessel, franiesarranged longitudinallyupon the bottom of said vessel, members at theends of said frames for providing a compartment beneath said vessel whenaground, hoods arranged in the bottom of said vessel and communicating'with said reservoir, gates arranged in said hoods for controlling thedirectionof the discharge of air in said hoods, and a frame arrangedupon the deck of said vessel for discharging air and dispelling of fogsurrounding said vessel.

2. The combination-With a vessel, of air compressors, reservoirs forreceiving air from said compressors, pipes for delivering air to thenumerous compartments of said vessel,

a frame arranged upon said vessel for discharging air and dispellingfog, and means'

